News tagged with wisdom
Is there a seat of wisdom in the brain?
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom - once the sole province of religion and philosophy. The study by Dilip V. Jeste, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Scientists examine how social networks influence behavior
Conventional wisdom holds that it's not what you know, it's who you know. But now scientists studying networking are starting to realize that when it comes to much in life, it's also who the people you know know, and perhaps ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Do experiences or material goods make us happier?
Should I spend money on a vacation or a new computer? Will an experience or an object make me happier? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says it depends on different factors, including how materialistic you ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Voluntary vaccination programs shown effective for some diseases
"Conventional wisdom - and conventional theory - tells us that when infection can potentially be spread to almost everyone in a community, such as for measles, a disease outbreak can never be contained using voluntary vaccination," ...
Biology /
Feb 06, 2009 |
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